Movies that would no longer work if written today

veryangryman · 31-03-2020 10:06am #1

Watched Batman and thought "wow what a huge waste of money that big light in the sky is". Ring, text, skype, zoom the header and get him over!

I guess any movie where there's a landline used too at this point.

Any other obvious ones?

Salary Negotiator · 31-03-2020 10:08am

Any movie than involves leaving the house.

Granadino · 31-03-2020 10:10am

Phonebooth

JohnnyFlash · 31-03-2020 10:13am

Blazing Saddles.

Wichita Lineman · 31-03-2020 10:13am

Because of the PC brigade no movie pre 2018 can be considered a valid movie. End of thread.:rolleyes::rolleyes:;);)

Insect Overlord · 31-03-2020 10:14am

I was only talking about Rear Window the other day. The social isolation of the main character and the inescapable voyeurism are possibly more relevant now than ever, but the development of communications media since then would require extensive rewriting to make the film work in 2020.

31-03-2020 10:14am

Blazing Saddles. The Twitter mob would descend like a pack of ravenous vultures and pick it apart.

con___manx1 · 31-03-2020 10:19am

Wichita Lineman wrote: »

Because of the PC brigade no movie pre 2018 can be considered a valid movie. End of thread.:rolleyes::rolleyes:;);)

1917 is decent. Best movie iv seen in a while.

Wichita Lineman · 31-03-2020 11:07am

con___manx1 wrote: »

1917 is decent. Best movie iv seen in a while.

1917 was actually made in 2019

31-03-2020 11:11am

Scarface 1983

Glen Garry Glen Ross

bonny! · 31-03-2020 11:11am

Big because of the relationship with Elizabeth Perkins

machiavellianme · 31-03-2020 11:11am

Ferris Buellers day off on his own, socially distant in a locked down city when everyone else is also off...

CV19 aside, social media would've exposed his antics and everyone would know where he checked in throughout the day

maudgonner · 31-03-2020 11:18am

John Wayne would definitely not be dragging Mary Kate Danaher back to the cottage with the whole village following them, that's for sure.

And Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would not have made it past the pitch stage!

One eyed Jack · 31-03-2020 11:22am

Some like it hot.

Gentlemen prefer blondes.

To kill a mockingbird.

Gone with the wind.

Films could of course be made alright, but they would likely be presented and interpreted in a very different context than the original films.

ThewhiteJesus · 31-03-2020 11:23am

The wind that shakes the barley
Michael Collins
In the name of the father

Why ? Because Ireland is full of West brits these days, more interested in the royals and what they wear as opposed to our actual national history.
Happy easter my ar*e

maudgonner · 31-03-2020 11:26am

Back to the Future II would now be Back to the Quite Recent Past Where We Didn't Have Hoverboards.

One eyed Jack · 31-03-2020 11:32am

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

The wind that shakes the barley
Michael Collins
In the name of the father

Why ? Because Ireland is full of West brits these days, more interested in the royals and what they wear as opposed to our actual national history.
Happy easter my ar*e

As romanticised by Hollywood is ok though :pac:

lillielad · 31-03-2020 11:35am

The Ringer how the fcuk did they get away with that??

Ultrflat · 31-03-2020 12:06pm

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

The wind that shakes the barley
Michael Collins
In the name of the father

Why ? Because Ireland is full of West brits these days, more interested in the royals and what they wear as opposed to our actual national history.
Happy easter my ar*e

Well in that case we should change our national anthem! :rolleyes:

OU812 · 31-03-2020 12:08pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I was only talking about Rear Window the other day. The social isolation of the main character and the inescapable voyeurism are possibly more relevant now than ever, but the development of communications media since then would require extensive rewriting to make the film work in 2020.

A remake is probably being written as we speak.

Challenges to technology will keep him isolated.

One of my favourite movies.

Now thinking who I’d cast...

ShagNastii · 31-03-2020 12:16pm

My favorite movie is Blazing Saddles and honestly I’d nearly love to see it remade just to see what a PC version of it would love like.

Be real watching though your fingers kinda stuff I’d imagine. Criiiiiiinnnnnge.

odyssey06 · 31-03-2020 12:26pm

Any film involving uncertain identity e.g. Sommersby, someone coming back from the war claiming to be X wouldn't be a runner due to DNA evidence (or a quick google).

A lot of murder mysteries would have to be rewritten as DNA evidence would quickly ID the killer.

grayzer75 · 31-03-2020 12:28pm

Lost in translation, sh1te then and sh1te now

31-03-2020 12:47pm

Outbreak

Dustin Hoffmann & Renee Russo

31-03-2020 12:55pm

The Mactinosh Man

starring Paul Newman and set / filmed in Ireland. Racing down a narrow boreen in a Ford Transit Truck. A manor house is burned down. The bad guys don't win.

Harry Palmr · 31-03-2020 1:10pm

Escape from New York would need a different landing zone!

the purple tin · 31-03-2020 1:13pm

A lot of old westerns wouldn't get made today the way they portrayed the native americans.

The old private eye films too where they used to smack a dame around to get some answers.

Airplane, too many reasons to list. If they did reboot it it would be crap.

dalyboy · 31-03-2020 1:15pm

Demolition Man is not funny anymore. Nearly everything in the movie is now in reality. (Except John Sparton)

Feisar · 31-03-2020 1:26pm

It's strange the outrage brigade have given porn a pass. Females sometimes refer to their co stars using the n word. And I don't mean naggers.

How come they don't get blasted for this?

biko · 31-03-2020 1:28pm

Fatal Attraction, the bunny boiler scene

Dr. Colossus · 31-03-2020 1:29pm

Gone with the Wind. No way this would get made today.

A far too benign portrayal of the South.

Movies that would no longer work if written today

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